Led by a game-high 24 points from Alex Francis and another 19 from Matt Scott, 13th-seeded Mt. Hope upset No. 4 seed West Warwick with a 74-62 come-from-behind win in the opening round of the Credit Unions of R.I. Boys’ Basketball State Championships

By Carolyn Thornton

Led by a game-high 24 points from Alex Francis and another 19 from Matt Scott, 13th-seeded Mt. Hope upset No. 4 seed West Warwick with a 74-62 come-from-behind win in the opening round of the Credit Unions of R.I. Boys’ Basketball State Championships, Wednesday at CCRI.

Trailing by as many as 11, the Huskies outscored the Wizards, 36-13, with just under 8 minutes to play, as Francis and Scott came through with 22 of their combined 43 points during that stretch.

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